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Haurongo: Bensemann, Leo Vernon

Leo Bensemann as a young man

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Leo Bensemann as a young man

Leo Bensemann stands beside a portrait he painted of his friend, fellow artist Rita Angus, in the 1930s.  Other paintings by him can be seen on the wall behind.

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Peter Simpson. 'Bensemann, Leo Vernon', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45926/leo-bensemann-as-a-young-man (accessed 4 June 2026).